Uptitrating versus adding heart failure with reduced ejection fraction medications: bring more players to the game

Andreas P Kalogeropoulos¹, Javed Butler^{2

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¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
² Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
³ University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.

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Andreas P Kalogeropoulos et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 May.

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. 2022 May;24(5):885-886.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2507. Epub 2022 Apr 21.

Andreas P Kalogeropoulos¹, Javed Butler^{2

3}

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
² Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
³ University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.

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Association between dosing and combination use of medications and outcomes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: data from the Swedish Heart Failure Registry.
D'Amario D, Rodolico D, Rosano GMC, Dahlström U, Crea F, Lund LH, Savarese G. D'Amario D, et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 May;24(5):871-884. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2477. Epub 2022 Mar 23. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022. PMID: 35257446 Free PMC article.

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